T. B. Cunha
Indian nationalist from Goa also known as father of goan nationalism
Tristão de Bragança Cunha (; 2 April 1891 – 26 September 1958), better known as T. B. Cunha, was a Goan nationalist and anti-colonial activist. Referred to as the "Father of Goan nationalism", he was the organiser of the first movement to end Portuguese rule in Goa.
Early and personal life
Tristão de Bragança Cunha was born on 2 April 1891 in the village Chandor in Portuguese Goa. His parents were Ligório de Cunha, a medical practitioner, and Filomena Bragança. While his mother was from Chandor, his father was from Cuelim, Cansaulim. He completed his school education in Nova Goa and then went to Pondicherry to French College for his baccalauréat and then to Paris. There he studied at the Sorbonne University and obtained a degree in electrical engineering. In Paris, Cunha shared a residence with the Vietnamese revolutionary, Ho Chi Minh.
Cunha had two older brothers. The eldest brother, Vincent, was also an active nationalist.
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